《寿佳白八言联》赏释

Appreciation of Eight-Character Couplet Offering Birthday Congratulations to Gilbert Raid

近代上海,不仅是中国的商业中心、金融中心,还是各地移民汇聚、中西文化交融之地。美国人李佳白、浙江人庞元济、江苏人陆恢机遇巧合,互相赏识,透过一副对联,让我们结识三位名人、了解一桩文人雅事。

Modern Shanghai was not only a commercial and financial center of China but also a place where immigrants converged and the Chinese and Western cultures blended.Gilbert Raid an American.Pang Yuanji a Zhejiang native and Lu Hui a Jiangsu native made acquainted with each other by chance and opportunity and admired mutually.Let us get to know these three celebrities and their stories via a couplet.